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Grants List
From 2006-2008, the Education Program managed more than $13 million for quality-enhancement
activities. The current grants detailed below often reflect multi-year commitments.
Public Policy |
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Latino Policy Forum,
Chicago,
IL
$50,000
For broadening and extending impact of public policy work in early childhood education on behalf of Latino children
Effective:
7/1/2009
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6/30/2010
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Latino Policy Forum,
Chicago,
IL
$130,000
For support of public policy and advocacy work
Effective:
6/1/2010
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5/31/2011
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Ounce of Prevention Fund,
Chicago,
IL
www.ounceofprevention.org/
$550,000
For continued support of public policy and advocacy efforts
Effective:
7/1/2010
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6/30/2012
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Ounce of Prevention Fund,
Chicago,
IL
www.ounceofprevention.org/
$500,000
For general operating support
Effective:
6/1/2008
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6/30/2010
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Ounce of Prevention Fund,
Chicago,
IL
www.ounceofprevention.org/
$900,000
For a one-time, capacity-building grant to increase, intensify and expand Ounce of Prevention Fund's leadership, impact and reach to improve the odds for young children living in poverty in Illinois
Effective:
6/1/2007
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6/30/2010
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Illinois Action for Children,
Chicago,
IL
www.daycareaction.org
$500,000
For general operating support
Effective:
6/1/2008
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5/31/2010
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Illinois Action for Children,
Chicago,
IL
www.daycareaction.org
$550,000
For continued support of public policy and advocacy work
Effective:
6/1/2010
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5/31/2012
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Voices for Illinois Children,
Chicago,
IL
www.voices4kids.org
$500,000
For general operating support
Effective:
6/1/2008
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5/31/2010
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Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Illinois,
Chicago,
IL
www.fightcrime.org
$180,000
For support of public policy and public awareness regarding the benefits of quality early care and education
Effective:
6/1/2009
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5/31/2011
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Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families,
Silver Spring,
MD
www.gcyf.org
$50,000
For continuing the systems-building efforts of the BUILD initiative
Effective:
11/1/2009
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10/31/2010
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Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law,
Chicago,
IL
$50,000
For expansion of low-income families' access to quality childcare and early education programs
Effective:
4/1/2009
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3/31/2010
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Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law,
Chicago,
IL
$80,000
For support of continuing work to expand low-income families' access to quality early care and education programs
Effective:
6/1/2010
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5/31/2011
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Birth to Five Policy Alliance,
Leawood,
KS
$250,000
For a series of activities designed to maintain policies and practices necessary for quality early childhood systems
Effective:
6/1/2010
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5/31/2011
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National Public Education Support Fund,
Washington,
DC
$20,000
For strengthening communication and collaboration among foundations on federal issues and to help funders stay current on key policy opportunities in education
Effective:
6/1/2010
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5/31/2011
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Advance Illinois,
Chicago,
IL
$300,000
For support of Advance Illinois, a public policy advocacy group for the betterment of education in Illinois
Effective:
6/1/2008
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5/31/2010
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Advance Illinois,
Chicago,
IL
$150,000
For general operating support of the early care and education focus within a broad agenda of policy advancement and best practices in education
Effective:
6/1/2010
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5/31/2011
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The Board of Trustees of Illinois State University,
Normal,
IL
$218,000
For support of policies and programs that will better connect early education and K-12 leaders in order to help create a seamless educational continuum
Effective:
6/1/2008
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7/31/2010
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Rutgers University Foundation,
New Brunswick,
NJ
$300,000
For conducting a study examining the components of an effective preschool education system
Effective:
6/1/2008
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5/31/2010
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Total Current Grants:
$5,278,000
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National-Louis University,
Wheeling,
IL
www.nl.edu/cecl
$500,000
For general operating support for the McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership's Policy and Research Initiative
Effective:
6/1/2010
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5/31/2012
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Zero to Three,
Washington,
DC
www.zerotothree.org
$400,000
For the development and pilot-testing of training programs - - both web-based and traditional - - for service providers who work with National Guard and Reserve children and families
Effective:
6/1/2009
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5/31/2011
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University of Illinois at Chicago,
Chicago,
IL
$695,000
For development of an early care and education module to be added to the University of Illinois at Chicago Principal Preparation Program
Effective:
6/1/2008
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5/31/2010
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University of Illinois at Chicago,
Chicago,
IL
$500,000
For the redesign of the University of Illinois (UIC) Principal Preparation Program to include early childhood
Effective:
7/1/2010
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6/30/2012
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Lifelink Corporation,
Bensenville,
IL
$300,000
For the start-up of Educare West DuPage, a state-of-the-art early childhood center serving children at risk of academic failure in the DuPage suburbs
Effective:
6/1/2008
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5/31/2010
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National Association for the Education of Young Children,
Washington,
DC
www.naeyc.org
$50,000
For the development of a statewide Early Childhood Workforce System in Illinois that will link to a national workforce development network
Effective:
11/1/2009
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10/31/2010
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Women's Business Development Center,
Chicago,
IL
$50,000
For the Child Care Business Initiative and the Eleventh Annual Business Exposition
Effective:
4/1/2009
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3/31/2010
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Women's Business Development Center,
Chicago,
IL
$75,000
For support of the Childcare Business Program and the Eleventh Annual Childcare Business Exposition
Effective:
6/1/2010
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5/31/2011
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Business and Professional People for the Public Interest,
Chicago,
IL
$50,000
For support of a professional development model that advances student achievement in eight public schools with high populations of Latino students
Effective:
12/1/2009
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11/30/2010
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Columbia College Chicago,
Chicago,
IL
www.colum.edu
$600,000
For a professional development initiative that will target mid-level management in ten community-based agencies
Effective:
9/1/2008
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2/28/2010
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Columbia College Chicago,
Chicago,
IL
www.colum.edu
$400,000
For the Reflective Learning in Action Project Model
Effective:
6/1/2010
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5/31/2012
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Erikson Institute,
Chicago,
IL
www.erikson.edu
$450,000
For a study on current practices and policies that support dual language learners in Chicago Public Schools preschool programs
Effective:
6/1/2010
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5/31/2012
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Erikson Institute,
Chicago,
IL
www.erikson.edu
$1,000,000
For support of Erikson's capital campaign, "Fulfilling the Promise: The Campaign for Erikson"
Effective:
6/1/2008
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5/31/2010
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Erikson Institute,
Chicago,
IL
www.erikson.edu
$50,000
For support of the work of the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Committee to be convened by the Illinois State Board of Education
Effective:
12/1/2009
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11/30/2010
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Erikson Institute,
Chicago,
IL
www.erikson.edu
$480,000
For support of the Illinois Early Childhood Teaching Certification and Teacher Preparation Program
Effective:
6/1/2008
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10/31/2010
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Erikson Institute,
Chicago,
IL
www.erikson.edu
$500,000
For support of a Math Training Initiative for early childhood classrooms
Effective:
6/1/2009
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5/31/2011
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Illinois Action for Children,
Chicago,
IL
www.daycareaction.org
$450,000
For support of capacity-building
Effective:
6/1/2009
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5/31/2011
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Kohl Education Foundation, The Dolores,
Highland Park,
IL
$80,000
For support of the Kohl McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Awards and the Kohl McCormick Academy of Outstanding Teachers
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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Illinois Network of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies,
Bloomington,
IL
www.inccrra.org
$500,000
For development and support of statewide professional development systems
Effective:
6/1/2010
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5/31/2012
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Illinois Network of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies,
Bloomington,
IL
www.inccrra.org
$500,000
For improvement and standardization of professional development for practitioners in the field of early care and education
Effective:
6/1/2008
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5/31/2010
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Loyola University Chicago,
Chicago,
IL
www.meddean.luc.edu/
$420,000
For continued support and expanded work on the McCormick Foundation's Initiative for the Professional Development of Childcare Educators
Effective:
7/1/2010
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6/30/2012
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Loyola University Chicago,
Chicago,
IL
www.meddean.luc.edu/
$550,000
For continued support of the McCormick Foundation's Initiative for the Professional Development of Childcare Educators
Effective:
6/1/2008
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5/31/2010
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Chicago Children's Museum,
Chicago,
IL
www.chicagochildrensmuseum.org
$50,000
For general operating expenses for early childhood programming
Effective:
11/1/2009
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10/31/2010
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Voices for Illinois Children,
Chicago,
IL
www.voices4kids.org
$25,000
For a statewide assessment of Illinois' home visiting capacities and needs
Effective:
6/1/2010
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5/31/2011
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Kohl Children's Museum,
Glenview,
IL
www.kohlchildrensmuseum.org
$225,000
For support of Early Childhood Connections, an outreach program for low-income students and their teachers, and to support the 2009 Project Approach Summer Institute
Effective:
6/1/2009
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5/31/2011
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The Urban Institute ,
Washington,
DC
$250,000
For investigation of issues that limit the participation of non-Latino immigrant communities in Preschool for All programs in Chicago
Effective:
7/1/2009
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6/30/2011
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Centers For New Horizons, Inc.,
Chicago,
IL
www.cnh.org
$300,000
For support of a two-year program that uses the Substitute Teacher Program in resource-poor, early care and education agencies with the goal of increasing staff credentials and helping them meet the requirements of new state programs
Effective:
6/1/2007
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12/31/2010
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DuPage Children's Museum,
Naperville,
IL
www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org
$75,000
For maintaining and expanding parent support and professional development activities within early childhood programming
Effective:
6/1/2009
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5/31/2010
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Evanston Community Foundation,
Evanston,
IL
$50,000
For continuation of the Illinois Early Childhood Fellowship (The Fellowship)
Effective:
4/1/2010
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3/31/2011
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Chicago Metropolis 2020,
Chicago,
IL
www.chicagometropolis2020.org
$8,000
For a strategic planning process that will empower the advocacy efforts of the many early childhood organizations in Illinois
Effective:
11/1/2009
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1/31/2010
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Chicago Metropolis 2020,
Chicago,
IL
www.chicagometropolis2020.org
$20,000
For establishing, managing and staffing a Technical Advisory Committee to the Illinois Early Childhood Assessment Map (IECAM) to ensure its data analysis expertise
Effective:
12/1/2009
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11/30/2010
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Teach For America,
Chicago,
IL
www.teachforamerica.org
$100,000
For support of a cohort of preschool teachers who are placed in early childhood programs in Chicago
Effective:
6/1/2009
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5/31/2010
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Teach For America,
Chicago,
IL
www.teachforamerica.org
$130,000
For support of a cohort of preschool teachers placed in early childhood programs in Chicago
Effective:
6/1/2010
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5/31/2011
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Big Shoulders Fund,
Chicago,
IL
www.bgshldersfund.org
$240,000
For a network of early childhood educators to provide quality programs in schools supported by Big Shoulders Fund
Effective:
6/1/2009
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5/31/2011
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Strategic Learning Initiatives,
Chicago,
IL
$40,000
For continued support of the Early Childhood Parent Engagement Program in two Chicago Public School elementary schools
Effective:
9/1/2009
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8/31/2010
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The Chicago Community Foundation,
Chicago,
IL
www.cct.org
$20,000
For a pooled fund to support development of the Illinois Race to the Top application to the U.S. Department of Education
Effective:
12/1/2009
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11/30/2010
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City Colleges of Chicago,
Chicago,
IL
www.ccc.edu
$85,000
For strengthening City College of Chicago's associate's degree curriculum and increasing the quality of its early childhood lab centers
Effective:
7/1/2010
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6/30/2011
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City Colleges of Chicago,
Chicago,
IL
www.ccc.edu
$400,000
For building on and strengthening the MTF-supported Child Development Studies Initiative
Effective:
6/1/2007
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6/30/2010
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MDRC,
New York,
NY
$123,000
For continued support for analysis and dissemination of findings from the Foundations of Learning Project in Illinois
Effective:
6/1/2010
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5/31/2011
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Positive Parenting DuPage,
Villa Park,
IL
$241,000
For the first phase of developing early learning guidelines for the birth-to-three age period
Effective:
6/1/2010
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5/31/2012
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The Board of Trustees of Illinois State University,
Normal,
IL
$360,000
For a best practices study and training to strengthen connections between early learning and K-12 education
Effective:
6/1/2010
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5/31/2012
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Third Sector New England,
Boston,
MA
$18,915
For continuing the systems-building efforts of the BUILD initiative
Effective:
7/1/2010
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10/31/2010
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University of Chicago,
Chicago,
IL
$40,000
For the evaluation of a citywide initiative to provide services to homeless children and their families
Effective:
6/1/2010
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5/31/2011
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Total Current Grants:
$11,400,915
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Public Awareness |
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Community Renewal Society,
Chicago,
IL
www.chicagoreporter.com
$25,000
For publication of a special edition of Catalyst in Depth focusing on the challenges of serving hard-to-reach families under Preschool for All
Effective:
4/1/2009
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3/31/2010
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Kohl Education Foundation, The Dolores,
Highland Park,
IL
$5,000
For supplemental support of the 2011 Kohl McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Awards and to provide a $1,000 award to each of the winners' schools or centers
Effective:
8/1/2010
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7/31/2011
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Kohl Education Foundation, The Dolores,
Highland Park,
IL
$83,000
For support of the 2011 Kohl McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Awards and the Kohl McCormick Academy of Outstanding Teachers
Effective:
6/30/2010
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6/29/2011
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University of California at Berkeley,
Berkeley,
CA
www.ihd.berkeley.edu
$300,000
For use of existing research to improve the understanding of Latino children and families and how they can be better served by our early childhood system
Effective:
7/1/2009
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6/30/2011
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University of Chicago,
Chicago,
IL
$495,000
For support of a strategic communications program that will brand, disseminate and leverage research and recommendations of Nobel-prize winner James Heckman and the Consortium on Early Childhood Development
Effective:
6/1/2008
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5/31/2010
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University of Chicago,
Chicago,
IL
$209,000
For continued support of communicating Professor James Heckman's research and to shape and adapt communications strategies and resources for state-specific use in Illinois
Effective:
6/1/2010
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6/30/2011
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Total Current Grants:
$1,117,000
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